--- RC Macaulay wrote: > http://www.globalresearch.ca/articles/HUD403A.html
I almost wish you hadn't sent that reference, Richard, as it really makes me realize how far we have strayed in the never-ending battle of greed vs. fair government (not to mention wanting to puke at those who think the present administration has moral principles because they are backed by the religious right). To think that this great country is willingly turning away from a long tradition of well, crony-capitalism to what amounts to a petro-criminal oligarchy, sustained by religious fundamentalism... is almost sickening. In effect we now are approaching the equivalent of an Americanized Taliban entrenched in place of a true democracy. >From the reference: "Much of America's net foreign debt, along with that of countries such as Argentina, is owed to these flight-capital centers. This has become the meaning of "globalization" in its financial dimension." There is humor in this, I suppose. But it is of the "you have to laugh or else you cry-type of humor." You own two cows. under ~ ~ Fascism - you keep both cows, state regulates milk production, dictates who you sell to, and the price. ~ Communism - confiscates one cow, regulates milk production, confiscates most of your milk and profit and gives it to unproductive people. ~ Socialism - lets you keep both cows, confiscates most of your profit and gives it to unproductive people, but let's you vote for the leader who promises to change things and never does. ~ Democratic Bureaucracy - lets you keep both cows, confiscates most of your profit and gives it to unproductive people. It also buys a large portion of your milk and then pours it down the drain. Then it raises taxes to fund elaborate, expensive studies to find out why government is so inefficient. ~ Libertarian Capitalist Republic - Lets you keep both cows, the milk, and your profit. It regulates nothing. You sell one cow and buy a bull. This form of government only exists in the imagination, however. ~ New American Crony Capitalist Petrocracy - Lets you keep both cows, and about 60% of the profit. It regulates nothing directly, but borrows using you cow, bull, and new calves for collateral. You try to sell the milk but find the only buyer is an offshore bank, and they want to take out a second mortgage on everything to make sure that you buy your tractor fuel at the new inflated price ... etc etc Sad.... BTW for more of a smile, and for the benefit of any who did not finish the Sunday Puzzle, there is the subject of my favorite "le mot juste" which is the "portmanteau word" or morphword...which is a literary trend that did not begin with either the Beatles nor email, but goes back to Lewis Carrol, James Joyce and especially the French, who have so few words to begin with (OTOH they all sound very nice on the ear). "Noovoodoo" is the not necessarily French nor even the newest in the long lineage (Petrocracy is a few hours newer) some others: bionic ..................biology + electronic blog .....................web + log brunch .................breakfast + lunch camcorder ............camera + recorder email ....................electronic + mail factoid ..................fact + oid fantabulous ..........fantastic + fabulous infomercial ...........information + commercial motel.....................motor + hotel smog.....................smoke + fog ... and of course, pundit....... wordplay specialist + idiot hey, as your local pundit, I represent that remark.... Jones
